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Premier Parking Threaten Court Action - POPLA Appeal Rejected

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  • Premier Parking Threaten Court Action - POPLA Appeal Rejected

    Hi all..

    I'd like some advice on how to tackle a potential court claim and ask what to expect cost wise if I loose..

    BACKGROUND :

    I parked at a Car Park in Retford - the NPR type.. A friend leant me the £1 to cover the Parking fee as I had no change

    A month or more later I received a parking charge notice.. the reason for the charge was pretty vague "Parking Session Expired or Unpaid'.. Well because I knew beyond doubt it was paid for (I recall my friend lending the £1 coin) then I presumed at that time the £1 was for one hour and i over stayed.. So I wrote a letter to the effect that I knew I'd paid, and that the charge must be for the fact I was there from approx 08.55am until 10.02am .i.e. I was paying for 7 minutes overstay..

    I sent them a letter (a money saving expert template letter) stating that I had paid etc and that if they were charging for the 'matter of minutes' overstay it was excessive.. They rejected my appeal.

    I then was somewhat frustrated, so I followed there online POPLA appeal process immediately on reading that letter.. only to find out afterwards that I could not send any further information after i'd submitted.. I only found this out afterwards which was annoying because I intended at that point to get my friends to write a witness statement.. I took it upon myself to drive the 1hr journey to the car park, to double check the car park and jog my memory more, only to discover that £1 covered 2hrs of parking... So this proved it couldn't have been the length of my stay but that my car wasn't recorded correctly.

    I then thought there was a good chance I had mis keyed the car registration into the machine (the car I was in was brand new and we'd only had it for a few days - so in all likely hood I may have incorrectly entered a character or number of the registration plate).

    I did (embarrassingly) get my friends to write a witness statement, and I wrote my own report and sent them to POPLA - they replied to say that would not consider this extra information because it was being sent to them 'after' the appeal was submitted - I wasn't aware I couldn't send extra information, but when I called them to mention this they just pointed out I had excerpted their T's & C's online.

    The Parking Company sent me their 'evidence' that stated that they had searched for 'deviations' on the Car Reg plate - but I seriously doubt that. In my report I gave them the name, address, and more importantly Car Registration of my friends vehicle who parked at the same time.. this was they could check their NPR records and see a car arrive shortly after the other number plate and see from their data that my ticket was purchased etc..

    Because this valuable information would/could not be considered by POPLA then my appeal was rejected..

    Im happy to take this risk of going to court - but I would prefer to know ahead what to expect

    Any advice welcome - any legal beagles willing to help would be great.
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    Re: Premier Parking Threaten Court Action - POPLA Appeal Rejected

    I'll tag [MENTION=5354]mystery1[/MENTION] for help xx
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    • #3
      Re: Premier Parking Threaten Court Action - POPLA Appeal Rejected

      Thanks

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      • #4
        Re: Premier Parking Threaten Court Action - POPLA Appeal Rejected

        All you can do, really, is collect the evidence and see if they take you to court.

        I assume it's http://www.bmpa.eu/companydata/Premier_Park.html so the chances of court are low.

        M1

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        • #5
          Re: Premier Parking Threaten Court Action - POPLA Appeal Rejected

          Yes that's the firm

          Should I write again to them and explain I have this evidence - or should I ignore and wait it out?

          Thanks for getting in touch

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          • #6
            Re: Premier Parking Threaten Court Action - POPLA Appeal Rejected

            The point to remember is that the time they quoted was the from the time seen by the cameras and not the time you were parked. As a member of the BPA they are supposed to give you at least 10 minutes to leave after the expiry of the time. But then it took you several minutes to park and pay so your parking time was probably less than 2 hours but the cameras can't account for that.

            Just ignore but keep all the paperwork for at least 6 years.

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            • #7
              Re: Premier Parking Threaten Court Action - POPLA Appeal Rejected

              Originally posted by pyroalchemy View Post
              Yes that's the firm

              Should I write again to them and explain I have this evidence - or should I ignore and wait it out?

              Thanks for getting in touch

              Making an effort to let them know is good if the ever do court but there are only so many times you can do so. Maybe 1 time via email but then it's a case of getting on with your life.

              M1

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